Critical Start CEO and leadership

I am currently the CEO and Founder of Critical Start. Critical Start provides Managed Detection and Response services that detect attacks and prevent breaches by resolving every alert. Our purpose built MDR platform improves the SOC experience by providing transparent triage of Tier 1 alerts with a mobile first approach at a fraction of the cost and time of building an in-house SOC.Previously I worked for 14 years in various roles at RSA, the Security Division of EMC. During my tenure at RSA Security, my jobs have included Area Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Presales, Systems Engineering Manager, and PKI Evangelist. I also had consulting positions at Lucent Technologies and Deloitte and Touché evaluating and deploying network and Internet security products. I am a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Sord Scholar Graduate of the McCombs School of Business. I attended Texas A&M as a President's Endowed and National Merit Scholar and obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduating from Texas A&M, I spent 5 years as an officer on the USS Jacksonville (SSN-699) fast attack nuclear submarine.

Andrew Kaufman is a Chief Financial Officer at Critical Start and Board of Trustees at Jewish Family Services of Greater Dallas and is based in Dallas/Fort Worth Area. He has worked as Corporate Controller at Aprima Medical Software Inc, Financial Statement Accountant at Enterprise Holdings, and VP of Finance at Armor. Andrew attended University of Missouri-Columbia between 2000 and 2004, SMU between 2010 and 2012, and Richardson High School between 1998 and 2000.

Randy Watkins is the chief technology officer at Critical Start. Prior to his current position, Randy held various positions at the company. Before joining Critical Start, he served as an IT security analyst at Houston Casualty Company. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in information system security from ITT Technical Institute.

I am currently the CEO and Founder of Critical Start. Critical Start provides Managed Detection and Response services that detect attacks and prevent breaches by resolving every alert. Our purpose built MDR platform improves the SOC experience by providing transparent triage of Tier 1 alerts with a mobile first approach at a fraction of the cost and time of building an in-house SOC.Previously I worked for 14 years in various roles at RSA, the Security Division of EMC. During my tenure at RSA Security, my jobs have included Area Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Presales, Systems Engineering Manager, and PKI Evangelist. I also had consulting positions at Lucent Technologies and Deloitte and Touché evaluating and deploying network and Internet security products. I am a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Sord Scholar Graduate of the McCombs School of Business. I attended Texas A&M as a President's Endowed and National Merit Scholar and obtained a degree in Electrical Engineering. After graduating from Texas A&M, I spent 5 years as an officer on the USS Jacksonville (SSN-699) fast attack nuclear submarine.